Originally Posted by
trobin31
There are two great lessons I derive from Myth of Sisyphus
one comes largely from Camus and Satre...
the other I derive from my own insights or perhaps some the wiser may have seen before me but I have no knowledge.
The first from my own, Sisyphus lived a life pursuing one of stealing power and confidence...all in the name of his rational/irrational pursuit of justice.
this Will to Power was discussed at great length by Neitschze, we seek decadence, strength and the drive to survive from our ability to overcome any and everyone in our way of both physical and mental survival...Sisyphus represents the quintessential form of this mind as he seeks to manipulate both the Gods and man in order to find an irrational sense of supremacy he cannot achieve. So, he is punished.
after dismaying the gods, his lovers and man through his treachery, he is condemned to pushing a mountain of gravel only to find himself with no rational purpose as there is no peak or end to this mountain, only the morning to resume pushing his Boulder up the hill.
here is where Camus’ brilliance and insight shone.
We have all been Sisyphus. life is in an essence Sisphysus, we suffer the same thoughts, the same people, the same women or kids or work, over and over.
The key, which is only one you can obtain from within, is imagining Sisphysus as the most happy person in the world, despite the irrationally and seemingly lack of purpose....